Lemon Pistachio Muffins

Name: Lemon Pistachio Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 18 muffins
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour; 1 cup white sugar; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 2 large lemons (zested); 1/2 cup roughly chopped raw pistachios; 2 eggs; 1 cup milk (I often use low fat coconut milk or soy milk in this recipe to make it dairy-free); 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup powdered sugar; 7 tsp lemon juice ((2 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon)); 1/4 cup finely chopped pistachios

July 23, 2015 breads and muffins

Lemon pistachio muffins are moist muffins packed with big flavour! This easy muffin recipe is one you’ll want to make all summer long. The mild flavour and crunch of pistachios is the perfect compliment to the tangy lemon flavour and the sweet lemony glaze.

titled image (and shown): lemon pistachio muffins

Muffins are quite possibly my favourite thing to bake. They’re so easy and quick and endlessly versatile, depending on your taste and cravings. And they’re the perfect way to showcase seasonal flavours!

I’m just loving anything flavoured with lemon lately. I’m making lemon desserts, fresh lemonade, using it in marinades, on roasted potatoes, in rice dishes, and now in muffins. I think I might have a problem.

a white platter holding lemon pistachio muffins topped with cream cheese glaze and crushed pistachios

Looking for more lemon-flavoured recipes? Make some Lemon Garlic Roasted Asparagus or a pitcher of delicious Healthy Pomegranate Lemonade!

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How to Make Lemon Pistachio Muffins

To make these delicious pistachio muffins, you’ll need:

For the muffins:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
zest of 2 lemons
1/2 cup roughly chopped raw pistachios
2 eggs
1 cup milk (I often use low fat coconut milk or soy milk in this recipe to make it dairy-free)
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup vegetable oil

For the glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp + 1 tsp lemon juice
1/4 cup finely chopped pistachios

To make:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Add the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt to a large bowl and combine them with a wire whisk.

Zest the two lemons over the bowl of the dry ingredients using a citrus zester (this is the one I use. It’s awesome and very inexpensive).

whisking lemon zest into a bowl with white flour and sugar

Add the roughly chopped pistachios. It’s okay if there are some large pieces, some small pieces and even some whole pieces.

a bowl of dry ingredients needed to make lemon pistachio muffins

Whisk these into the dry ingredients.

whisking lemon zest and chopped pistachios into a bowl with flour

In a separate bowl combine the eggs, milk, lemon juice and oil and whisk them together with a fork. Dump this into the dry ingredients and combine the wet and the dry ingredients together gently with a rubber spatula. Be careful not to over mix! Stop combining as soon as you see the flour disappear.

wet and dry ingredients in a bowl to make pistachio lemon muffins

Divide the thick batter evenly between 18 muffin cups lined with paper liners.

unbaked pistachio muffins batter in a muffin pan

Bake the lemon pistachio muffins at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 19-22 minutes or until the tops begin to brown just slightly and the muffins spring back when you touch them gently.

baked lemon pistachio muffins on a wire cooling rack

overhead image of lemon muffins cooling on a wire rack

While the lemon pistachio muffins are cooling, prepare the glaze by adding the powdered sugar and lemon juice to a small bowl and whisking until smooth.

When the muffins are completely cool, drizzle a small amount of the glaze over each muffin, sprinkle some chopped pistachios over the top, and serve!

pistachio muffins topped with powdered sugar glaze and crushed pistachios

close up image of homemade lemon pistachio muffins

Nutritional Information

Each of the lemon pistacho muffins has just 6 Weight Watchers PointsPlus, which is less than half the PointsPlus values you’d consume in a typical coffee shop muffin (and probably double the flavour!)!

I hope you enjoy this lemon pistachio muffins recipe!

Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite summer muffin flavour?

platter of pistachio muffins with lemon glaze

Looking for more easy muffin recipes? Make some Best Ever Blueberry Streusel Muffins or a batch of delicious Peach Cobbler Muffins!